A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

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■ SEARS, THEODORE ROBERTS, MARY MILES MINTER, FTZI RIDGEWAY, and above: THEODORE ROBERTS, ALLAN SEARS, MARY MILES MINTER IN "JUDY OF ROGUES HARBOR" (REALART) LON CHANEY, DIRECTOR MAURICE TOURNEUR, SHIRLEY MASON, and above: A SCENE FROM "TREASURE ISLAND" (PARAMOUNT) GEORGE REED AS JIM, LEWIS SARGENT AS HUCK, GORDON GRIFFITH AS TOM (ABOVE: WITH THELMA SALTER AS BECKY) IN "HUCKIEBERRY FINN" (PARAMOUNT) 1920 A ORMAN, NOAH BEERY, MABEL JULIENNE SCOTT ■■ IN "THE SEA WOLF" (GEORGE MEDFORD) John Barrymore's performance was acclaimed in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and a beautiful show girl named Nita Naldi was first noticed in this. Comparative newcomers who were springing into favor included Agnes Avers, Lois Wilson, Martha Mansfield, Irene Rich, Katherine MacDonald (dubbed the American Beauty), Estelle Taylor, Constance Binney, Mildred Davis, Gareth Hughes, Richard Dix, Edmund Lowe, Conrad Nagel and Reginald Denny. Pauline Frederick had great success with "Madame X" after appearing in a series of inferior pictures. Mary Miles Minter, Alice Brady, Elsie Ferguson, Billie Burke, Marguerite Clark, Corinne Griffith, were all appearing in unworthy vehicles. Theda Bara, Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne and Crane Wilbur were appearing on the stage. MARION ENNETT) WILLIAM DESMOND, MARY THURMAN IN "THE PRINCE AND BETTY" (PATH^) JACK MULHALL AND MARGUERITE CLARK FILMING "ALL OF A SUDDEN PEGGY" (PARAMOUNT) KARLA SCHRAMM, GENE POLLAR IN "THE RETURN OF TARZAN" (GOLDWYN1 MIRIAM BATTISTA IN "HUMORESQUE" (PARAMOUNT-ARTCRAFT) •If EN MOORE MARTHA MANSFIELD DAVID BUTLER FLORENCE LAWRENCE ANTONIO MORENO ALICE LAKE IRENE RICH FOX) (PARAMOUNT) (PREFERRED) (INDEPENDENT) (VITAGRAPH) (METRO) (GOLDWYN) .. 199